Testimonials
“I just wanted to say how thoroughly I am enjoying the Momoir Writing classes. After an absence of about 15 years, returning to writing is like falling in love again. So thank you for that, I missed the muse.”
-Erin MacNair, Vancouver
“I like the anonymous quality of the online classes. I find this is the most fascinating part for me so far. In this blog, I am sharing with the group emotions and perspectives that I would not share with my own family. And, I find the process quite liberating.”
-Anonymous
Many Momoir students have had the stories they’ve worked on in class published in both large and small, local and national newspapers and magazines. Some have posted their stories in the Feature Stories section on the home page of this website. Here’s
a sampling of some of my Momoir students’ accomplishments:
Laurie Davidson, Christie Baker and Liesl Jurock published in Hybrid Mom
Christie Baker, Susan Urie, Sam Agar and Christie Roome published in Island Parent
Erin MacNair, published in The Globe and Mail, Hybrid Mom, Sweetmama and Blush
Karen Bannister, published in HipMama
Bonnie Goldberg, published in The Globe and Mail
Luanne Moriarty, published in Today’s Parent
Nancy Vye, published in The Globe and Mail
Eileen Robertson, published in The Globe and Mail
Lorrie Miller, published in The Globe and Mail, and Unkle.ca, Momsteam.com
“I have always wanted to write about my experiences as a mom, especially with my challenging daughter, and I knew I couldn’t pass up this opportunity. But after the first class, I wondered if I had made a mistake and began second guessing my qualifications to write. I felt like the others in the class were more deserving to be there than me, as they seemed to be faster and better at producing words on paper than me. But I knew I couldn’t give up. It wasn’t like me to start something and quit. Also, I liked the teacher and the gals in the class, and I enjoyed listening to everyone’s stories as they unfolded.
I learned so much about memoir writing from The Momoir Project, and I’m thrilled to have produced a story that at times, I thought might not ever get written. I’m very pleased that I have produced a draft of my story that for so long was trapped inside of me.”
-Christine Biggs, Toronto
“I just wanted to thank you for bringing the Momoir Project to Toronto. It was really inspiring to meet so many women with such interesting stories. To be honest I almost dropped out, thinking I hadn’t a story worth telling, but with the teacher’s great instruction and help I was able to find my story and my voice, and I’m pretty happy with the final result. It was a very positive experience for me and just a lot of fun. And being on maternity leave, it really got my brain working again.”
-Nancy Vye, Toronto
“The Momoir Project offers a series of writing classes for moms interested in taking the time to channel their personal experience with motherhood into words…” That’s what it says on the website but it’s so much more. For about six weeks now, I’ve been ‘meeting’ a group of incredible women every other week to discuss our stories. I have been guided by their feedback and encouragement. Although we have never actually met (I’m doing the online course), I almost feel like I know these women because of their writing: their words are brave, honest and magical. I am in awe of their writing and the stories they have to tell.
The instructor, Cori Howard, is fabulous and takes us through the components of memoir writing while we work towards building an essay. She has the unique ability to offer guidance and criticism without judgment or superiority. It has empowered me to be honest in my writing and I no longer get the shakes when my own writing comes up for discussion. Cori, along with this most incredible group of women, have unknowingly provided me the support and confidence to put pen to paper in way that I’ve always wanted to but haven’t. I’ve never before been secure enough in my own voice.
-Kathy Moores, Owen Sound, Ontario
